DREEK'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BULBS, ETC. 1" 



Few plants are more showy than the Cyclamen; 

 blooming in the winter and early spring months in 

 the greenhouse, the flowers being singular in shape, of 

 various colors, with beautiful foliage. The soil should 

 be very light and rich, containing a good part of peat 

 and sand, with well-rotted cow manure. They re- 

 quire frequent watering while growing. 



Each. 



COUM. Bright crimson, blotched with violet ^q 



Eleopeum Album. Pure white 9,5 



EuROPELM Ro.SEL-.M. Ease colored Ty'x 



Heder.efolium Rubrum. Rosy purple; Jaige ^5 



Heder.efolium Album .'. g^ 



Pyrenaicum Odoratum. Red ; fragrant 25 



Persicum (Aleppicuraj. White, with crim.sou 



centre. $4 per dozen 40 



Persicum Album. Pure white 50 



Persicum RosEUM. Rose-colored r,0 



Persicum RuBRUM. Deep crimson 1.00 



Persictjm Giganteu.M. Very lar^e white llowers, violet eye 1.00 



PePvSICUM Maculatum Variegatum. ."^potted and variegated 1.00 



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A beautiful early summer-flowering plant for the ereenhouse or conservatory, with large 

 bell shaped flowers, of the most delicate and brilliant colors. There are two varieties, one 

 with erect or upright flowers, and the other with droo])ing or pendulous ones. The tubers 

 should be planted in February or March, in a rich, liirht soil, and kept in a warm, moist 

 atmosphere. A selection of the best and latest introductions. 30 cents. $3 per dozen. 



!XI/l. 



The best season for planting these beautiful flower-bulbs is during the autumn months, 

 for early spring blooming; bein? small, they are most eflective when planted in stores of 

 three, four, or six in each pot of four or six inches in diameter, they are too small to grow 

 as single sp>ecimens 



EACH DOZ. 



N^med varieties 10 $1.00 



Mixed varieties. 



EACH I>OZ. 



5 50 



OXAUB. 



These are profuse bloomers, and very attractive in the greenhouse or conservatory during 

 the winter. Plant three or four bulbs in a pot; the pots .sjiould be kept near tiie glass to 

 prevent the foliage from growing too long, and require trequent watering while growing. 



E.^CH. r»OZ. I EACH. DOZ. 



lu $1.00 I Mixed varieties 5 50 



Double canary yellow, fine large flowers 10 1.00 



Xamed varieties.. 

 Cerxua Fl. Pl. 



BfAliAXlB, 



A beautiful class for greenhouse cuJairc, flowering from February until Mav. Theii 

 treatment is similar to the Ixia. 



Named varieties. 



EACH. DOZ. I EACH. DOZ 



. 10 1.00 1 Mixed varieties 8 8( 



lor growing in jiots fjr tlie greenhouse or conservatory. 



EACH. DOZ. 



AxoMATHECA Cruenta. Beau- 

 tiful small brilliant red flowers... 10 $1.00 

 Babiana. Mixed varieties, showv, 



and resembling the Ixia .'.. 10 



Babiana. Named varieties 15 



Orxithogalum Aureum. Flowers 

 splendid golden orange; called 



the Star of Bethlehem r. 6u 6.00 



Tritonia. Mixed varieties 8 80 



Tritonia. Named varieties 10 1.00, 



1.00 : 



1.50 



Trop.eolum Speciosum. Fine 

 large scarlet flowers ; a slender, 

 rapid-growing climber 50 



Trop^olum Tricolorum. Scar- 

 let, yellow and black; same as 

 the above oD 



Lachenalia. Mixed varieties; 

 showy fleshy leaves, and erect 

 stems with racemes of pendent 

 flowers 



EACH. DOZ 



5.00 



EUCHARLS Amazonica. Flowers like pure whiteTtars,"4 Tnche7acrosr"verv 

 tragrant. It does well m loam, peat, and a little sand, enriched with old manure 1.00 10.00 



